Improvement in modes of attaching buttons to shoes and gaiters



ISABEL EBAY. Modes of Attaching Buttons to Shoes and Gaiters.

No 157,323, Patented 080.1,1874.

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THE GRAYPFQIC CO, PHOTOLXTHJS 8| 4| PARK PLbCLNX.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISABEL GRAY, OF HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MODES 0F ATTACHING BUTTONS T0 SHOES AND GAITERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,323, dated December1, 1874; application filed October 3, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISABEL GRAY, ofHarrisonburg, county of Rockingham and State of Virginia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Device for Attaching Buttons toShoes and Gaiters, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in a method of attaching buttons toshoes, gaiters, or other foot-coverings, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a side viewof a shoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an inside View of that partto which the buttons are attached.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, showing the mode of fastening one button.

A represents a shoe, gaiter, &c., and B B are the buttons to be fastenedthereto. At the proper places,where the buttons are to be fastened tothe shoe, are made holes for the means.

the button, and repassed through the same hole to the inner side of theshoe, and drawn tight enough to cause the button to rest against theouter surface of the shoe. The other buttons are fastened in likemanner, and theupper end of the cord 0 is fastened to the shoe by aknot, hook, loop, or other convenient This end of the cord should beprovided with a tag, a, the same as ordinary shoestrings, so that it canbe easily passed through the holes in the shoe and the shanks of thebuttons.

By this means the buttons are securely fastened without stitching orsewing, and if they should become too loose they can easily be tightenedby simply pulling on the cord, and refastening the upper end thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described method of fastening buttons to shoes and gaiters bymeans of a single cord, which is secured to the shoe at the lower end,passed back and forward through holes in the upper and the eyes of thebuttons,and adjustable at its upper end, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereuntoaffix my signature this 2d day of October, 1874.

ISABEL GRAY.

I Witnesses:

JOHN WATERMAN GRAY, DoUeLAs GRAY.

